Improvement in stop-cocks



ArtNr Y" MARTIN G. KILGORE, OF VASHINGTON, IOWA.

IIVIPROVEIVIENTA IN STOP-COCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,627, dated April 3,1866.

hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description ot' the same, referenee being had to theannexed drawings,

making a part of this specification, and to the letters and lign res ofreference marked thereon.

The nature ot' my invention consists in constructing a stop-cock withtwo sectionsthereto, with lead or othersot't metal fora lining aroundthe plug.

Figure l is a top view of my stop-cock. Fig. is a cross-section thereof,and Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section ofthe same.

I construct my stop-cock in two halves or sections, as the drawingsrepresent, and attach them together by two screws, (marked A A,) whichalso serve to tighten or loosen the parts surrounding the plug, orremove them for repair.

The letters B B represent the heavy hollow tubes that form the inlet andoutlet of the liquid to be drawn.

Letter G is a lever with which the plug is turned. D is a plug, madestraight, and with a groove or V upon its surface and an opening'through its center to form an outlet for the liquid whesnplaced on aline with the openings in the tubes B l.

Letter E is lead or other soft metal, with which l line the interior ofmy stop-cock, having on its surface a projection operating in the grooveor V in the plug.

What I claim as invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A stop-cock in two halves, united by screws or bolts for holding theparts together orloosening them, and having the plugthrough which thetluid passes made straight and with a groove or V in its surface toprevent its moving endwise, with lining in the box, of soft metal,having on it a projection answering to the groove or V in the pluO.

M. C. KILGORE.

Witnesses S. G. OWEN, W. B. J EFFRY.

